Tommie Harold Lostak, 90, of Danbury passed away February 25, 2008. He was born February 6, 1918, in Crosby, Texas, to Rudolph and Mary Skrabanek Lostak.
Tommie was a Danbury rice farmer and rancher since 1951, retiring from farming in 1983 and ranching in 1997.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Kosina; daughter, Mollie Garner; parents; two brothers, Victor and Arthur; and sister, Ora Faye Wilson.
He is survived by daughter, Lorenda Baldwin and husband, David, of Danbury; sons, Lonnie Lostak and wife, Eloise, of Danbury, Harold Lostak and wife, Risa, of Sugar Land; son-in-law, Wayne Garner of Salado; grandchildren, Monte Baldwin, Rhenda Vrazel and husband, John, Gina Parker and husband, Sonny, Troy Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and wife, Kristin, Lizabeth Rickaway and husband, Matt, Charity Barker and husband, Larnce, Tera Hollywood and husband, Brian, April Hurt and husband, Troy, Mollie Kay Pederson and husband, James, Amanda and Brittany Lostak; 13 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-great-granddaughters; one sister-in-law, Frankie Brewer and husband, Wilfred, of Baytown; brother-in-law, Willie Haluska of Baytown; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Tommie walked to the Krenek Country School in Crosby his first two years, then in 1926, the model T-Ford school buses arrived. The country school was done away with and he attended the town school. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1936 and was captain of all four sports his senior year. The whole student body liked him and he liked all of them, especially the girls! His father worked very hard to see to it that his children had a good education. Tommie went to the University of Texas. While there, he ran track and cross country. While captain of the 1940 Longhorn Cross Country team, he went to the Southwest Conference Championship and ran on championship teams two years prior. Following graduation at the University of Texas in 1941, he went to work for Humble Oil and Refining Company. August 9, 1941, he married Gladys Mollie Kosina. During his 10-year employment with Humble Oil, he and Gladys had three children, Lorenda, Lonnie and Mollie. During the times he was not working, he was playing with his children, playing on a softball team or hunting. Times were hard. For entertainment, the kids remember going to the drive-in picture show and one or two having to get down on the floorboard in the back seat, going to dad’s ballgames and those good old Bohemian dances.
In April of 1951, Tommie moved to Danbury to farm with his uncle, Joe Skrabanek. Five years later, their son, Harold, was born. Tommie and Gladys truly enjoyed life. The met friends for an evening at Vrazel’s Ballroom, attended sports events, deer hunted, traveled and enjoyed spending time with the family.
During his life in Danbury, he served on the school board, as past president of the Brazoria County Farm Bureau, as drainage commissioner of District 5, as secretary of Danbury SPJST Lodge 139 for 37 years; and as treasurer for SPJST District 5 for 36 years as well as the Publications Committee for 12 years. He was an honorary 4-H member and life member of Future Farmers of America and life member of the Texas Exes Association at the University of Texas. He was a past member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, past executive board member with Brazoria County Fair Association, Brazoria County Cattlemen’s Association, Danbury Athletic Booster Club and charter member of the Angleton-Danbury hospital. He was a big fan and booster of Danbury athletics and Danbury Little League.
In 1988, he lost his wife of 47 years, Gladys, to an inoperable brain tumor. He had a quintuple bypass in 1992 and lived with his daughter, Lorenda, and her husband, David, since that time. He enjoyed several long trips, deer hunting, playing cards and dominos with family and friends, hitting the casinos, eating out and those daily trips to Wal-Mart.
Tommie was a member of Crosby United Methodist Church and attended St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury for the past seven years.
Tommie lived every day to its fullest. When he was asked how he was doing, he always replied “Every day is a better day” or “I woke up this morning.”
A visitation will be scheduled at Palms Funeral Home in Angleton on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury, Texas, with Deacon Gerald Peltier officiating.
Interment will follow in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Monte, Troy, Wesley and Sheldon Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and Sonny Parker.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Vrazel, Larnce Barker, Brian Hollywood, Troy Hurt, James Pederson, Matt Rickaway, Willie Haluska, Wilfred Brewer, Daryl Lostak, Kenneth Lostak, Greg Pfahles, Allen Lostak, Frank McKay, Jesse Wilson, Billy Wilson, Lee Wiley, Scott Walding, Tim Kelly, Pete Keillor, Frances Fief and all his senior domino buddies.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mollie Lostak Garner Scholarship fund at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor, c/o Beverly Adams at UMHB, Box 8433, 900 College St., Belton, TX 76513, or to the Danbury Catholic Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 299, Danbury, TX 77534.
Online condolences may be sent at www.palmsfuneral home.com.
Arrangements by Palms.
The Brazosport Facts, Feb 26, 2008
Tommie was a Danbury rice farmer and rancher since 1951, retiring from farming in 1983 and ranching in 1997.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Kosina; daughter, Mollie Garner; parents; two brothers, Victor and Arthur; and sister, Ora Faye Wilson.
He is survived by daughter, Lorenda Baldwin and husband, David, of Danbury; sons, Lonnie Lostak and wife, Eloise, of Danbury, Harold Lostak and wife, Risa, of Sugar Land; son-in-law, Wayne Garner of Salado; grandchildren, Monte Baldwin, Rhenda Vrazel and husband, John, Gina Parker and husband, Sonny, Troy Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and wife, Kristin, Lizabeth Rickaway and husband, Matt, Charity Barker and husband, Larnce, Tera Hollywood and husband, Brian, April Hurt and husband, Troy, Mollie Kay Pederson and husband, James, Amanda and Brittany Lostak; 13 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-great-granddaughters; one sister-in-law, Frankie Brewer and husband, Wilfred, of Baytown; brother-in-law, Willie Haluska of Baytown; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Tommie walked to the Krenek Country School in Crosby his first two years, then in 1926, the model T-Ford school buses arrived. The country school was done away with and he attended the town school. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1936 and was captain of all four sports his senior year. The whole student body liked him and he liked all of them, especially the girls! His father worked very hard to see to it that his children had a good education. Tommie went to the University of Texas. While there, he ran track and cross country. While captain of the 1940 Longhorn Cross Country team, he went to the Southwest Conference Championship and ran on championship teams two years prior. Following graduation at the University of Texas in 1941, he went to work for Humble Oil and Refining Company. August 9, 1941, he married Gladys Mollie Kosina. During his 10-year employment with Humble Oil, he and Gladys had three children, Lorenda, Lonnie and Mollie. During the times he was not working, he was playing with his children, playing on a softball team or hunting. Times were hard. For entertainment, the kids remember going to the drive-in picture show and one or two having to get down on the floorboard in the back seat, going to dad’s ballgames and those good old Bohemian dances.
In April of 1951, Tommie moved to Danbury to farm with his uncle, Joe Skrabanek. Five years later, their son, Harold, was born. Tommie and Gladys truly enjoyed life. The met friends for an evening at Vrazel’s Ballroom, attended sports events, deer hunted, traveled and enjoyed spending time with the family.
During his life in Danbury, he served on the school board, as past president of the Brazoria County Farm Bureau, as drainage commissioner of District 5, as secretary of Danbury SPJST Lodge 139 for 37 years; and as treasurer for SPJST District 5 for 36 years as well as the Publications Committee for 12 years. He was an honorary 4-H member and life member of Future Farmers of America and life member of the Texas Exes Association at the University of Texas. He was a past member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, past executive board member with Brazoria County Fair Association, Brazoria County Cattlemen’s Association, Danbury Athletic Booster Club and charter member of the Angleton-Danbury hospital. He was a big fan and booster of Danbury athletics and Danbury Little League.
In 1988, he lost his wife of 47 years, Gladys, to an inoperable brain tumor. He had a quintuple bypass in 1992 and lived with his daughter, Lorenda, and her husband, David, since that time. He enjoyed several long trips, deer hunting, playing cards and dominos with family and friends, hitting the casinos, eating out and those daily trips to Wal-Mart.
Tommie was a member of Crosby United Methodist Church and attended St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury for the past seven years.
Tommie lived every day to its fullest. When he was asked how he was doing, he always replied “Every day is a better day” or “I woke up this morning.”
A visitation will be scheduled at Palms Funeral Home in Angleton on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury, Texas, with Deacon Gerald Peltier officiating.
Interment will follow in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Monte, Troy, Wesley and Sheldon Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and Sonny Parker.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Vrazel, Larnce Barker, Brian Hollywood, Troy Hurt, James Pederson, Matt Rickaway, Willie Haluska, Wilfred Brewer, Daryl Lostak, Kenneth Lostak, Greg Pfahles, Allen Lostak, Frank McKay, Jesse Wilson, Billy Wilson, Lee Wiley, Scott Walding, Tim Kelly, Pete Keillor, Frances Fief and all his senior domino buddies.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mollie Lostak Garner Scholarship fund at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor, c/o Beverly Adams at UMHB, Box 8433, 900 College St., Belton, TX 76513, or to the Danbury Catholic Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 299, Danbury, TX 77534.
Online condolences may be sent at www.palmsfuneral home.com.
Arrangements by Palms.
The Brazosport Facts, Feb 26, 2008
Tommie Harold Lostak, 90, of Danbury passed away February 25, 2008. He was born February 6, 1918, in Crosby, Texas, to Rudolph and Mary Skrabanek Lostak.
Tommie was a Danbury rice farmer and rancher since 1951, retiring from farming in 1983 and ranching in 1997.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Kosina; daughter, Mollie Garner; parents; two brothers, Victor and Arthur; and sister, Ora Faye Wilson.
He is survived by daughter, Lorenda Baldwin and husband, David, of Danbury; sons, Lonnie Lostak and wife, Eloise, of Danbury, Harold Lostak and wife, Risa, of Sugar Land; son-in-law, Wayne Garner of Salado; grandchildren, Monte Baldwin, Rhenda Vrazel and husband, John, Gina Parker and husband, Sonny, Troy Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and wife, Kristin, Lizabeth Rickaway and husband, Matt, Charity Barker and husband, Larnce, Tera Hollywood and husband, Brian, April Hurt and husband, Troy, Mollie Kay Pederson and husband, James, Amanda and Brittany Lostak; 13 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-great-granddaughters; one sister-in-law, Frankie Brewer and husband, Wilfred, of Baytown; brother-in-law, Willie Haluska of Baytown; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Tommie walked to the Krenek Country School in Crosby his first two years, then in 1926, the model T-Ford school buses arrived. The country school was done away with and he attended the town school. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1936 and was captain of all four sports his senior year. The whole student body liked him and he liked all of them, especially the girls! His father worked very hard to see to it that his children had a good education. Tommie went to the University of Texas. While there, he ran track and cross country. While captain of the 1940 Longhorn Cross Country team, he went to the Southwest Conference Championship and ran on championship teams two years prior. Following graduation at the University of Texas in 1941, he went to work for Humble Oil and Refining Company. August 9, 1941, he married Gladys Mollie Kosina. During his 10-year employment with Humble Oil, he and Gladys had three children, Lorenda, Lonnie and Mollie. During the times he was not working, he was playing with his children, playing on a softball team or hunting. Times were hard. For entertainment, the kids remember going to the drive-in picture show and one or two having to get down on the floorboard in the back seat, going to dad’s ballgames and those good old Bohemian dances.
In April of 1951, Tommie moved to Danbury to farm with his uncle, Joe Skrabanek. Five years later, their son, Harold, was born. Tommie and Gladys truly enjoyed life. The met friends for an evening at Vrazel’s Ballroom, attended sports events, deer hunted, traveled and enjoyed spending time with the family.
During his life in Danbury, he served on the school board, as past president of the Brazoria County Farm Bureau, as drainage commissioner of District 5, as secretary of Danbury SPJST Lodge 139 for 37 years; and as treasurer for SPJST District 5 for 36 years as well as the Publications Committee for 12 years. He was an honorary 4-H member and life member of Future Farmers of America and life member of the Texas Exes Association at the University of Texas. He was a past member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, past executive board member with Brazoria County Fair Association, Brazoria County Cattlemen’s Association, Danbury Athletic Booster Club and charter member of the Angleton-Danbury hospital. He was a big fan and booster of Danbury athletics and Danbury Little League.
In 1988, he lost his wife of 47 years, Gladys, to an inoperable brain tumor. He had a quintuple bypass in 1992 and lived with his daughter, Lorenda, and her husband, David, since that time. He enjoyed several long trips, deer hunting, playing cards and dominos with family and friends, hitting the casinos, eating out and those daily trips to Wal-Mart.
Tommie was a member of Crosby United Methodist Church and attended St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury for the past seven years.
Tommie lived every day to its fullest. When he was asked how he was doing, he always replied “Every day is a better day” or “I woke up this morning.”
A visitation will be scheduled at Palms Funeral Home in Angleton on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury, Texas, with Deacon Gerald Peltier officiating.
Interment will follow in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Monte, Troy, Wesley and Sheldon Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and Sonny Parker.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Vrazel, Larnce Barker, Brian Hollywood, Troy Hurt, James Pederson, Matt Rickaway, Willie Haluska, Wilfred Brewer, Daryl Lostak, Kenneth Lostak, Greg Pfahles, Allen Lostak, Frank McKay, Jesse Wilson, Billy Wilson, Lee Wiley, Scott Walding, Tim Kelly, Pete Keillor, Frances Fief and all his senior domino buddies.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mollie Lostak Garner Scholarship fund at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor, c/o Beverly Adams at UMHB, Box 8433, 900 College St., Belton, TX 76513, or to the Danbury Catholic Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 299, Danbury, TX 77534.
Online condolences may be sent at www.palmsfuneral home.com.
Arrangements by Palms.
The Brazosport Facts, Feb 26, 2008
Tommie was a Danbury rice farmer and rancher since 1951, retiring from farming in 1983 and ranching in 1997.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Kosina; daughter, Mollie Garner; parents; two brothers, Victor and Arthur; and sister, Ora Faye Wilson.
He is survived by daughter, Lorenda Baldwin and husband, David, of Danbury; sons, Lonnie Lostak and wife, Eloise, of Danbury, Harold Lostak and wife, Risa, of Sugar Land; son-in-law, Wayne Garner of Salado; grandchildren, Monte Baldwin, Rhenda Vrazel and husband, John, Gina Parker and husband, Sonny, Troy Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and wife, Kristin, Lizabeth Rickaway and husband, Matt, Charity Barker and husband, Larnce, Tera Hollywood and husband, Brian, April Hurt and husband, Troy, Mollie Kay Pederson and husband, James, Amanda and Brittany Lostak; 13 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-great-granddaughters; one sister-in-law, Frankie Brewer and husband, Wilfred, of Baytown; brother-in-law, Willie Haluska of Baytown; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Tommie walked to the Krenek Country School in Crosby his first two years, then in 1926, the model T-Ford school buses arrived. The country school was done away with and he attended the town school. He graduated from Crosby High School in 1936 and was captain of all four sports his senior year. The whole student body liked him and he liked all of them, especially the girls! His father worked very hard to see to it that his children had a good education. Tommie went to the University of Texas. While there, he ran track and cross country. While captain of the 1940 Longhorn Cross Country team, he went to the Southwest Conference Championship and ran on championship teams two years prior. Following graduation at the University of Texas in 1941, he went to work for Humble Oil and Refining Company. August 9, 1941, he married Gladys Mollie Kosina. During his 10-year employment with Humble Oil, he and Gladys had three children, Lorenda, Lonnie and Mollie. During the times he was not working, he was playing with his children, playing on a softball team or hunting. Times were hard. For entertainment, the kids remember going to the drive-in picture show and one or two having to get down on the floorboard in the back seat, going to dad’s ballgames and those good old Bohemian dances.
In April of 1951, Tommie moved to Danbury to farm with his uncle, Joe Skrabanek. Five years later, their son, Harold, was born. Tommie and Gladys truly enjoyed life. The met friends for an evening at Vrazel’s Ballroom, attended sports events, deer hunted, traveled and enjoyed spending time with the family.
During his life in Danbury, he served on the school board, as past president of the Brazoria County Farm Bureau, as drainage commissioner of District 5, as secretary of Danbury SPJST Lodge 139 for 37 years; and as treasurer for SPJST District 5 for 36 years as well as the Publications Committee for 12 years. He was an honorary 4-H member and life member of Future Farmers of America and life member of the Texas Exes Association at the University of Texas. He was a past member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, past executive board member with Brazoria County Fair Association, Brazoria County Cattlemen’s Association, Danbury Athletic Booster Club and charter member of the Angleton-Danbury hospital. He was a big fan and booster of Danbury athletics and Danbury Little League.
In 1988, he lost his wife of 47 years, Gladys, to an inoperable brain tumor. He had a quintuple bypass in 1992 and lived with his daughter, Lorenda, and her husband, David, since that time. He enjoyed several long trips, deer hunting, playing cards and dominos with family and friends, hitting the casinos, eating out and those daily trips to Wal-Mart.
Tommie was a member of Crosby United Methodist Church and attended St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury for the past seven years.
Tommie lived every day to its fullest. When he was asked how he was doing, he always replied “Every day is a better day” or “I woke up this morning.”
A visitation will be scheduled at Palms Funeral Home in Angleton on Tuesday, February 26, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Danbury, Texas, with Deacon Gerald Peltier officiating.
Interment will follow in the Danbury Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Monte, Troy, Wesley and Sheldon Baldwin, Tommie McLane Lostak and Sonny Parker.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Vrazel, Larnce Barker, Brian Hollywood, Troy Hurt, James Pederson, Matt Rickaway, Willie Haluska, Wilfred Brewer, Daryl Lostak, Kenneth Lostak, Greg Pfahles, Allen Lostak, Frank McKay, Jesse Wilson, Billy Wilson, Lee Wiley, Scott Walding, Tim Kelly, Pete Keillor, Frances Fief and all his senior domino buddies.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Mollie Lostak Garner Scholarship fund at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor, c/o Beverly Adams at UMHB, Box 8433, 900 College St., Belton, TX 76513, or to the Danbury Catholic Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 299, Danbury, TX 77534.
Online condolences may be sent at www.palmsfuneral home.com.
Arrangements by Palms.
The Brazosport Facts, Feb 26, 2008
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